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It may be time to retire the term "gentle giant".Researchers in the Seychelles have filmed a giant tortoise chasing and devouring a tern chick in one go. The scientists involved in the discovery say it is the first time that such an act…

Didi, the leading Chinese ride-hailing platform, made its Wall Street debut on Wednesday, crowning a year in which ride-hailing and travel companies struggled to break temporary pandemic bans.Didi began trading at $ 16.82 per share on the…

It was a comfortable 86 degrees in Plains, Georgia when President Biden and Jill Biden visited former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter at their home on April 29.Dr. Biden wore a lemon-covered dress and two delicate…

WASHINGTON - Rising temperatures are likely to depress global prosperity significantly by 2050 as crop yields decline, disease spreads and rising seas consume coastal cities, a major insurance company warned Thursday, highlighting the…

On Thursday, NASA's new large rocket, the Space Launch System, will make a second attempt to get nowhere.This test, known as hot fire, is a critical step for the rocket, which has been in development for more than a decade. The four motors…

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Da die Versorgung mit Coronavirus-Impfstoffen in den nächsten Monaten voraussichtlich ansteigen wird, beeilen sich Staaten und Städte, Massenimpfstellen zu eröffnen, an denen täglich Tausende von Schüssen in die Arme…

The cluster NGC 6397 is one of approximately 150 spherical clouds of ancient stars that orbit the Milky Way and possibly lie before it is formed. It's 13 billion years old and contains roughly 250,000 stars, all old, small, and dark. The…

At Chongqing Zoo, Xin Xing lived a seemingly carefree life, lounging in a bear-sized pool in the summer and eating seven meals a day.Her 28-year-old caretaker Zhang Naicheng told China Daily in August: "When she was younger, she ate faster…

General Electric's renewable energy division has been selected as the preferred turbine supplier for the third and final phase of what is to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.A 14 megawatt (MW) version of GE's giant Haliade-X…